Garreta

Garreta
	Garreta nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabeiformia
Superfamily:	Scarabaeoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Tribe:	Gymnopleurini
Genus:	Garreta

Garreta is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae).[1][2][3] There are more than 20 described species;[4] most are African and some are from Asia.[5] They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (forest, moist savanna and upland grassland).[5]

Garreta unicolor rolling a ball of rhinoceros dung in Ithala Game Reserve

Garreta nitens

All species are ball-rolling dung beetles.

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-03-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-03-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Garreta - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
Scholtz, Clarke H.; Davis, Adrian L. V.; Kryger, Ute (2009). Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Pub. ISBN 978-954-642-517-1.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-03-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-03-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Garreta - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Scholtz2009-5] Scholtz, Clarke H.; Davis, Adrian L. V.; Kryger, Ute (2009). Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Pub. ISBN 978-954-642-517-1.